audio;

[iampretty]

[you can hear the ambient noise of a restaurant in the background.]

Well! Now that I've figured out how this device works, I should probably introduce myself. My name is Hans, Prince of the Southern Isles and fellow imPort. I've met some of you at the party-oh, let me just swap this to the video for a moment.

[And then, he fiddles for a moment and manages to turn the video on: Hans is sitting in what looks like a restaurant-decidedly not the Hard Rock Cafe (though the eagle-eyed viewer can catch the edges of the Hard Rock Cafe logo on his black work polo. He's broadcasting this from his lunch break.]

Is it working? It should be working. [He shrugs, waves at the camera, then clicks it back off, swapping to audio.]

Anyway, it's become more and more obvious to me that I know next to nothing about this land. So, I'd appreciate any knowledge about customs and traditions of America. I already know about your president, thanks to Nelson, but what about your courts, your military strength, what it takes to get married, things like that?

[why yes he deliberately picked that last topic, sorry not sorry Anna.]

Any information would be appreciated!

Comments

video.

[selfequipped]

Once you get the hang of the information inside, you can switch to a less embarrassing line of books. Or the internet itself.

video.

[iampretty]

So is the internet like the dummies book?

video.

[selfequipped]

The internet is a scary place. You can find everything you wanted to know through it.

And everything you didn't.

video.

[iampretty]

Sounds like a challenge.

video.

[selfequipped]

Only if you take such things as challenges.

Do you?

video.

[iampretty]

If I think they're presented as such. I've handled scarier things than the internet.

video.

[selfequipped]

You barely know what the internet is at this point.

video.

[iampretty]

I'm good at adapting-I'm sure I can figure it out.

video.

[selfequipped]

Yeah, we'll have to see about that.

video.

[iampretty]

Now that's a challenge.

video.

[selfequipped]

If you're an internet expert by the end of March, I'll buy you dinner.

[A beat.]

Assuming I have money by then.

video.

[iampretty]

And if you deem me unworthy, then dinner's on me. [and by 'dinner' he means 'the Hard Rock Cafe.']

video.

[selfequipped]

Sure. I'll take that. And there's no losers in that.

video.

[iampretty]

In that case, I hope you're ready to pay for dinner, [he teases.]

video.

[selfequipped]

... If getting a job doesn't end up happening, I'll have to see if there's one-dollar pizza here.

video.

[iampretty]

The Hard Rock Cafe is currently hiring, [said in a teasing voice. He knows nobody wants to work there.]

video.

[selfequipped]

[She doesn't want to work there. But:]

Will they take someone who isn't keen on registering? [... She'd rather be a PI, but she doesn't know if she should try her luck with that, considering ... well, her desire to still hero around.]

video.

[iampretty]

Considering that I'm also of mixed thoughts about registering, I'd say so.

video.

[selfequipped]

Then I guess I'm getting a downgrade from archery demonstrations to ... being a server.

How thrilling.

video.

[iampretty]

Money's money, I suppose.

video.

[selfequipped]

It sure is.